TITLE:  Lucian D. Abbott, Sr.

SOURCE:  The Keowee Courier

SUBMITTED BY:  Susan Brock-Booker

FORMATTED BY:  Kim Grissom, Jun 2003

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ABBOTT, Lucian Dumas, Sr. 
(1888-1970) Keowee Courier October 7, 1970, Lucian D. Abbott, Sr., 82,
of Seneca, died early Friday morning in Oconee Hospital following a 
brief criticall illness. A son of the late John Wilber and Louise White
Abbott, he was a native of Oconee County and a lifelong county 
resident. He was Elder Emeritus of the Seneca Presbyterian Church. 
Employed by Southern Bell Telephone Co. for 35 years, he was a member 
of the Pioneers of America, a life member of Seneca Lodge 185 AFM, 
where he was Past Master. He served 12 years in the Light and Water 
Commission for the City of Seneca. His wife was the late Mrs. Florence 
Rankin Abbott. Survivors; four sons, John W. Abbott and Dr. Louis H. 
Abbott, Seneca; Wallace W. Abbott, Morristown, Tenn., Clarence A. 
Abbott, Bennettsville; one daughter, Mrs. Evelyn A. Bryson, Richmond, 
Va.; three sisters, Mrs. Addie Colley, Mrs. Lena Davis, both of 
Walhalla; Mrs. Bessie Whitten, Spartanburg; eight grandchildren; three 
great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held Saturday from the 
Seneca Presbyterian Church by Rev. L. J. Taylor. Burial in Mt. View 
Cemetery. Nephews served as pallbearers. Honorary escort; Elders of 
Seneca Presbyterian Church, Dr. Russell Sammeth, Dr. H. H. Wells, Dr. 
L. E. Mays and Burns Harper. Contributed by: Susan Brock-Booker, 
sbrockbooker@aol.com
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